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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486?–1535)
Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius (a-grip’ä). A German philosopher (1486?–1535); born at Cologne. He was of all professions in turn,—university professor, soldier, magistrate, physician, court historiographer to Charles V. His most notable writings are: ‘Of the Nobleness and Pre-eminence of the Female Sex’; ‘Occult Philosophy’; ‘Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences and Arts.’